Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: New Imperialism, Panopticism, Hijab

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1020E
• Professor: Kim Verwaayen

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And a lee ba tky: (cid:862)foucault, fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)ity, & the moder(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) of patriarchal power(cid:863) Femininity as the image of women: power diffused everywhere, consequences of not practicing disciplines, shamed, sexualized, bullying, how race and class factor into disciplines, hair relaxers for black women, skin bleaching, panopticon, model prison . Asks ho(cid:449) ge(cid:374)der effe(cid:272)ts (cid:862)do(cid:272)ile (cid:271)odies(cid:863) o(cid:374) fou(cid:272)ault"s a(cid:374)alysis. Consider the forms of constraint that function in our everyday lives we should be thinking about agency under constraint: agency: ability for a person, or agent, to act for herself. Naheed mustafa: internalization, choice, agency (cid:862)my body is (cid:373)y own busi(cid:374)ess(cid:863) Wears a hijab people perceive her as a threat (terrorist) or a poster girl for female oppression. Mustafa confronts the stereotypes the hijab is for her an expression of freedom: (cid:862)weari(cid:374)g the hija(cid:271) has gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:373)e freedo(cid:373) fro(cid:373) (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)t atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) to (cid:373)y physi(cid:272)al self [my] appeara(cid:374)(cid:272)e is (cid:374)ot su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ted to pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) scrutiny(cid:863)